you rang her or felt compelled to ring her on the night that michael jackson died. >> yeah. >> because they were similar age, similar kind of problems. you realized she may be going through turmoil over that news. tell me about that. >> it was -- and i hadn't talked about it publicly, actually. i'm surprised that you know that. how do you know that? >> i know everything, tyler. >> i called her that night and i had been trying to get her all day. and she had donny handleaway's "a song for you" blasting in the background. i was surprised she could hear me. we talk for a while. she was really broken up about his death. i didn't know if she was thinking about herself. i was trying desperately to let her get me to come over to the house and sit with her to make sure she was okay. whitney in true fashion, after me trying ten different times. listen, i'm a mother and i'm a woman and i'm single, and you're not coming over to my house in the middle of the night. in a way that only she could. but it's beyond tragic. and i was so disgusted. i must tell you i was so disgusted at the media and the